The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-09-01
A DRUGGIST 5 MISTAKE.
SICK Mans Wife Gisresards the Druggists
ADVICE an Sn Sa,es TIE Lille Of
her ku,',a.i. -


/ am a wood ,rv"r by trade and it is
out of IN lie t.. wits. I.rI.r>: but nv
wife thought I WIS no more than right
that should let Won know what YOUR
remedy has done for ME. and L think
SO too.
/ live I'm East 18th greet. west of
Third ayrnue. and have lived there for
about tw mt, three V AIRS. where L own
real estate. | p 70 the time am about
to ment 'ii | ha.i been IA strnng, well
man. There. was ALWAYS more OF less
malaria in the Ii. i.r. b,rnoo,i, but had
not personally suffered from it. 1t was
In 1850 had my iirSr ATTACK. 1t came
on as such attst.-k, commonly do, with
headache loss of appetite and ambi-
ton, chilly sen. |. ms with slight fever
Afterwards. a II -, ton 10 yawn and
stretch. AMI SO I rita. | was employed
at that time at killians Il Brothers.
furniture TIA, "Iact.rcrs, i'm West SD
street. l n"P.ai sac attack would wear
on. but "a | uh;n 1 consulted a we'll
known and allie ,,h SIAN in Morris
ania, who gave M gain nr and told me
what to do. | can >nn4 40 the first four
and a half or five wears of NV expert
ence in few words. Occasionally I
was laid up for day or two, but on
the whole l >t,lk tn ms work. kept
taking quinine. in LARGER doses from
year to year. and kept nu ;e..ttrng weak
er ant. worse. slowly hui surely, all the
time. My troHbe MAS now we'll de-
fined and its symptoms were steady and
regular. | had dns,b a,sIe in its worst
form. and it was grinding me down in
spite of ali that | could do or the doc
tors could do. 1t held me in grip like
fire an q burning Nont mine. The poison
had gone all through and over me and
nothing was able to touch it. | was
fast losin" fish and strength, and about
March, 1884. | knocked off work entire
ly and went home to be down sick. and
to die for all could tell. l ran down so
rapidly that l soon became unable to
walk any distance. Later | went from
room to room in my own house only by
friends holding ME up by each arm. The
doses of quinine were Increased until
often took thirty grains at u t'ose. The
effects of this tremendous stimulation
was to make me nearly wild. 1t broke
my sleep all up. and 1 often walked the
floor, or staggered about it. all night
long. scarcely Ible to bear any noises
or even human speech. My temper
was extremely irritable. AS to food,
one of my little children would eat
more in a meal than L could in day.
1 would order food and then turn from
it in disgust. l lived on Guinine and
other stinnnlants anl or nlyStU, like a
bear in winter. The q'!;nine set my
head In whirl. and the liIuor-given
as medicine --lnsl,ie my stomach SO
sick cOuli not t'i,.r':. II.
From 175 pound tmN r. oar weight
L ran down To " S-fhp wei Uhf
of light girl-alld Vas scarcely better
than skeleton.
Ifanybn!y hnl 'n''"n q hntchet and
knocked me d"v,. at:a kstled me should
hare ben b. RI ".
During + latter part Of this period,
early in l.s6. my phi, Si.ian said:
"Miller, there's no use IN my taking
any m. re m si,.y of you. | cant do you
any good. | might pour ponds of quiz
nine down Your throat anu 1t wouldn't
help you.
On the s.ron~-h Of His gave up the
use of quin he tl....y,. her. and made up
my mind 10 do nothing more and take
my chances.
Three weeks ftarwn"ds-about the
last Of May-my wifi. saw an advertise
ment of Ka>kinc in Il New York paper.
She told me of it. l said: "Stuff and
nonsense! it cant do re any good"
But she went to 4 druggist neverthe-
less. to get it. The drug list advised
her against Ka>kinr: he said it was
nothing but sugar; that sac ought not
| to throw away her money on it. &C.
He said he didn't keep it. hut could get
| it if she insisted on havin. it. Turn
ing away in disgust my wife spoke to
eur sei gkbcr. III A. G. Hsgewald,
vhs got her a bo Nv 1T Il drug store in